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(...) Two 4-hour windows of public display is pretty minor, all things considered. A much bigger "turn-off" for me is the (seemingly) rigid shutdown time - but I freely admit that's a personal bias stemming from experience with gaming and SF cons. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | Re: What kinds of LEGO-based conventions do you want?
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(...) [...] (...) I wouldn't pay $150/night for a hotel room in any case. At BricksWest we stayed at a campground the first two nights and at Motel 6 the third. The total cost for lodging for me was under $50 for all three nights. For NWBrickCon, my (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | Re: I want a convention, not a show. (was Re: What kinds of LEGO-based conventions...)
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(...) We are going to have plenty of stuff going on that is non-public. All of Friday is being set aside for AFOL meet and greets, and general MOC showing and whatnot. I sincerely hope you would not stay home just because of public MOC displays. :^( (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | I want a convention, not a show. (was Re: What kinds of LEGO-based conventions...)
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(...) Yup. I keep waffling back and forth on whether or not I can go to NWBC, and the 'public display' part is one of the things that makes me less inclined to go. I really enjoy interacting with the public; my feet are always sore after a train (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | Re: What kinds of LEGO-based conventions do you want?
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(...) I get a lot out of the public aspect also. But my point is that I get that several times a year without paying $150/night for a hotel room. In fact, lately, I can get it almost as often as I want just by convincing one other person to go over (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | Re: What kinds of LEGO-based conventions do you want?
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(...) I just want to chime in and say I take a completely opposite view. The best part of BricksWest for me was the public display. I loved having the kids and parents milling about and saying nice things about my models. And it gave us a chance to (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | Re: What kinds of LEGO-based conventions do you want?
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(...) It definitely does to me. It was one of the issues I had with BricksWest. The "official" display space was all public display. There were a few tables (and a stage (1)) in the session rooms which got appropriated for unguarded display for (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events)
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| | Legomaster @ Uncle Joes 8/25/02
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(URL) August 25th THE NEW DEPRESSIONISTS MOVEMENT PRES A 21ST CENTURY MULTI-MEDIA EXPERIENCE FEATURING THE NU-DEEZ W/ DJS KILL-AUDIO, LEX, OCDJ ALSO: OVER A DOZEN VISUAL & PERFORMANCE ARTISTS THIS IS AN INDOOR/OUTDOOR EVENT 4pm and on...... (...) (24 years ago, 19-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.us.gardenslug, lugnet.events, lugnet.build.mecha)
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| | Poll: Which LEGO conventions would you attend?
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A new poll for all you Fest fans... Which of the following real and/or hypothetical LEGO conventions would you attend? (URL) Werner LUGNET Member #408 (24 years ago, 17-Aug-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events.brickswest)
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| | [rtlToronto] rtlToronto11 this Saturday
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Hi folks, rtlToronto11: A Brick Too Far the Eleventh Toronto Lego Robotics Event Saturday, August 17th, 2002 Toronto Public Library, Lillian H Smith Branch 239 College Street (E of Spadina) Join us Saturday for the 11th Lego Robotics Event here in (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-02, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.events)
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| | Mindstorms Sumo - Lafayette, In.
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Don't forget, on August 24th the Greater Lafayette Lego Robotics Club (URL) is hosting a LEGO sumo competition (URL) robots are limited to 12in x 12in and can not weigh more than 2 lbs. For more information, check either of the above web sites or (...) (24 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events, lugnet.org.us.hrmug, lugnet.org.us.indylug, lugnet.org.us.laflrc, lugnet.org.us.legotics, lugnet.org.us.lrgoaa, lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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| | Re: Lego Ocean Adventure at Manitoba Children's Museum
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Hi Michael, Thanks for these beautiful pictures. Looks like not only the children have fun over there Hey! ;~))) A great vacation destination, unfortunately a little far from Nova Scotia... or I can ask a Maritimer museum to get it over here... (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.events)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon
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(...) Absolutely Frank, Sorry this has taken me so long, I'm a little distracted these days... Yes, e-mail me at snowleopard@foxinternet.net and I'll hook you up with the folks doing the gaming! Mark (24 years ago, 30-Jul-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: NWBrickCon
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(...) I think you could probably get some people to play. You should refer to the original message and check with Mark Neumann. He'll be able to answer your questions better (and he may not be following this thread right now) ~GAMH (24 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org, lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: Thanks
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Tommy - Many, many THANKS to you and Peyton for the GREAT work y'all did over the weekend. I gave my nephews the bricks you made with their names on them this weekend and they thought they were about the coolest piece of LEGO they'd ever seen. My (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.events)
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I just wanted to say for me (and I'm speaking also for my son Peyton--if it is possible to actually speak for a son) that BrickFest 2002 was full of a great deal of satisfaction and also of disappointment. We were well pleased with the reception (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jul-02, to lugnet.events)
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| | West Coast Pirate Fest
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Now that I have an apartment which has floor space, I've been thinking of hosting a Pirate Fest at my place (near Portland Oregon) some weekend to play a very long campaign of Evil Stevie's Pirate Game. I figure if I clear the furniture out of my (...) (24 years ago, 28-Jul-02, to lugnet.gaming, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.events)
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| | Introducing the Moonbase Project
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I was going to wait for Chris Giddens to get home from vacation but I just finished this page on his site (and I'm impatient) so I thought I'd unveil it: (URL) thanks to anyone who has ever offered support in establishing a group building standard. (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jul-02, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.events, lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.events.brickswest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.lugco, lugnet.space) !!
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| | Re: NWBrickCon
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(...) Is there any interest in the Pirate Game for this event? Flush off the success of the game at BrickFest, I'd love to organize a game for NWBrickCon (and I know there's at least a couple Pirate fans around). Frank (24 years ago, 25-Jul-02, to lugnet.events, lugnet.org, lugnet.pirates)
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